[robocup-rescue-s] CFP: Special Session on Multiagent Systems for Disaster Management and Response

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I would like to inform you about the following upcoming event. Sorry for
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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ISCRAM 06 Special Session
“Multiagent Systems for Disaster Management and Response”

ISCRAM 2006
May 15-17, 2006
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ USA

Scope
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Multiagent Systems (MAS) are computional systems where software agents
(e.g. independent software programs) cooperate or compete with each
other to achieve an individual or collective task. These systems are
currently receiving increasing attention in diverse applications for
complex and dynamic environments. The management of and the response to
natural and technological disasters is an emergent research area and the
complexity of these devastating events suggests the use of such adaptive
realtime technologies.

This special session will focus on the potential of agent technology for
disaster management and response. The session will address the following
questions:

(1) What is the potential of MAS for emergency and disaster management
and what are the IS requirements for the use of agent technology at
various domain levels?
(2) What kind of architectures, frameworks and models do support this
approach?
(3) Which formal models can be used for agent-based realtime planning
and automatic information retrieval?
(4) How can agent-based simulation systems be used to simulate the
consequences of response activities and how can the results be validated?
(5) How can agents be linked to human decision makers in order to be
accepted?

Although the main focus of this session explores the potential of MAS,
the session also welcomes contributions focusing on potential problems
and risks associated with the use of this technology.

Topics of Interest
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We seek original and high-quality contributions on the general theme of
Multiagent Systems for Disaster Management and Response. The following
is a non-exhaustive list with topics of special interest:

- Unique frameworks and architectures for agent-based decision support
systems for natural and man-made disasters
- Models for agent-based realtime operations planning and resource
allocation
- Dynamic goal and plan creation with uncertain and conflicting information
- Co-ordination, communication and collaborative planning in large-scale
multiagent systems
- Information retrieval agents for disaster related real time
information systems
- Agent-based modeling of self organizing systems and emergent
organizations for disaster response
- Security issues in agent-based systems for timecritical missions
- Human-Agent interfaces
- Ontologies and communication standards
- Agent-based simulation systems

Submission
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All submitted papers must contribute to the topic of the special
session. Full Papers should be emailed to iscram06@njit.edu. Further
instructions on formatting and submitting papers as well as a complete
list of all special sessions will be provided through the conference web
site (www.iscram.org). All papers will be blind reviewed by a minimum of
two reviewers.

Important Deadlines
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Paper Submissions: January 12, 2006
Review Notifications: March 3, 2006
Final Camera-ready Paper: March 17, 2006
(Full papers 5,000 words; Research in progress or Case Study 2,500 words)

Additional information
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For further information on this special session and for questions on
appropriateness of your paper please contact the chair or the co-chair
of the session:

Chair:
Name: Dr. Frank Fiedrich
Email: fiedrich@gwu.edu
Affiliation: Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C., USA
Homepage: http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/People/fiedrich.htm

Co-chair:
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Name: Drs. Paul Burghardt
Email: paul.burghardt@decis.nl
Affiliation: Decis Lab
Delft, The Netherlands
Homepage: http://www.decis.nl/html/paul_burghardt.htm

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Dr. Frank Fiedrich, Ph.D.
Assistant Prof. of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
1776 G Street, NW, Suite 101
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: +1 (202) 994 2379
Fax: +1 (202) 994 0245
Email: fiedrich@gwu.edu
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